As a crowd surged down Yonge St. cheering and screaming for the win, fan Kristoff Edwards suddenly dropped to one knee. “Our officers used their training and skills to keep it a celebratory event and not a security event,” Saunders said. Starting at the end of the game’s third quarter, buses and streetcars avoided the area bounded by Bathurst St., Church St., College St., and Lake Shore Blvd. “There was absolutely no way to get through on Yonge St,” Waldman said. Police will be aiming to ensure public safety, “but keeping it a celebratory event and not a security event,” Saunders said.

Source: thestar June 14, 2019 22:52 UTC